This race has been one of the most contentious in decades. But it’s only getting worse.
And now an attack on a Kamala Harris rally left Democrats completely petrified.
When demonstrators heckled Vice President Kamala Harris during an event in Nevada on Thursday, she became enraged and unleashed her famed word salad.
“You know what? Let me say something about this,” Harris said amid the disruption at the Reno event.
“We are here because we are fighting for democracy,” the vice president fumed. “Fighting for a democracy.”
“And understand the difference here, understand the difference here, moving forward, moving forward, understand the difference here,” Harris droned on.
“What we are looking at is a difference in this election — let’s move forward and see where we are because on the issue, for example, freedom of choice …,” the Democratic nominee continued as the heckling intensified, interrupting her yet again.
“That’s OK. That’s all right. That’s OK,” Harris said as her supporters drowned out the protest.
Hours earlier, during a rally in Phoenix, anti-Israel protesters repeatedly interrupted the Democratic presidential contender.
“Hey guys, you know what? Here’s the thing …,“ Harris said, addressing the demonstrators.
“Let’s talk for a moment about Gaza,” she continued.
“We all want this war to end and to get the hostages out, and I will work on it full-time when I am elected president.”
Harris responded, “That’s all right,” earlier in her remarks, when her supporters sought to drown out a demonstration with cries of “Ka-ma-la, Ka-ma-la.”
“Democracy can be complicated, but we believe in democracy and the right of everyone to have their voices heard,” she added, before powering through the disruption.
Anti-Israel protesters have dogged Harris’s rallies throughout her campaign.
A protester who sat near the stage in Madison, Wisconsin, shouted, “Cease-fire now,” just after Harris began her statement.
“Listen, we all want the war in Gaza to end and get the hostages out as soon as possible,” Harris said. “And I will do everything in my power to make it work.”
“And everyone has a right to be heard, but right now, I am speaking.”
More than 650,000 Democrats nationally voted “uninstructed” or “uncommitted” in the Democratic presidential primaries earlier this year, protesting the Biden-Harris administration’s handling of the Middle East issue.
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